rebelling against low expectations
Associated Press • May 8, 2013 • Tamara Lush In a normal school setting, Tony Colton and Ashley Krueger probably wouldn’t cross paths. He’s 13. She’s 18. He’s short and outgoing. She’s about 6 feet tall and serious. He’s in middle school, she’s thinking about college. But where they met — All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg — nothing is normal...
A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations Get your copy from your favorite retailer, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, ChristianBook, and Lifeway. The next generation stands on the brink of a “rebelution.” With over 40 million hits to their website TheRebelution.com, Alex and Brett Harris are leading the charge in a growing movement of Christian young...
Keep sending in your stories, articles, projects, and resources to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com. Today we have an article from a young lady name Shelbie. You can read more about Shelbie at the end of this post. Her article, written from the context of communion, focuses on our desperate need for God’s help in loving those around us. Shelbie’s writing almost poetic, so it...
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In a sermon delivered on Sunday, August 27, 2006, entitled Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named, John Piper briefly turns his attention to the children in the audience. In a culture of extended adolescence and spiritual immaturity, his words bear particular relevance to us all. At 7 minutes, 45 seconds, this video is already longer than the attention span of your average, TV...
Keep sending your stories to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com. Today we have an article from Kris Kandel, a young lady whose seven year battle with Lyme Disease led to some surprising blessings. We love Kris’s story for two reasons: (1) because it demonstrates how God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and (2) because it is a testimony of thinking outside the box...
Health issues have kept our friend Elaini from India, but not from doing everything she can to help the children she loves. For 100 days she is wearing ONE dress (and borrowed accessories) to raise $50,000 for Warm Blankets’ orphan homes. Today is Day 91 — just nine days left! For the last three months, Elaini has posted daily photos and updates on her blog — raising over $16,000. That is...
Last month we asked all of you to join us in prioritizing the life of the mind through reading. Over the last few weeks over two hundred of you shared your favorite books of 2010 and to-read lists for 2011. If you didn’t, it’s not too late! In this post, we want to share some excerpts of a book we’re reading — Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of Christ by John Piper. In...
We first read “Holiness” by J.C. Ryle when we were fifteen. Our older brother, Joshua, gave us both a copy as a gift and the three of us read through it together. Revisiting it five years later, we still find it encouraging and challenging — with much to say about low expectations and complacency in the life of a Christian. “The Christian who is always at a standstill…”...
Teen siblings and Texas natives, Stephen, Melanie, and Diana Muldrow decided to use their summer raising funds to fight human trafficking in the city of Houston. But instead of doing the more traditional bake sale or car wash, the Muldrows set their sights on organizing a benefit concert — and not just any concert, but a concert featuring world-class musicians at Jones Hall, home of the Houston...
rebelling against low expectations
